Word: victimizer
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Martins especially has to stay out of the sin bin. He is the victim of the most vicious assault of anyone in the league, and he unfortuanetely is sent to the penalty box far too often for retaliation (and phantom retaliation) penalties, depriving the Crimson of its best offensive weapon...
Uncle Leo's son, Paul, apes the crop-dusting sequence from Hitchcock's "North by Northwest" far too many times. Elaine tries to run him over in her airplane, milking the circling plane and fleeing victim sequence for its last drop of emotion. The scene exemplifies one of "Arizona Dream's" largest problems: it dwells too long on its once-witty gags...
...Enzo, young Bosnian men who fight to defend their cities, compellingly convey the war's harsh and premature aging of Bosnia's youngest and strongest. One woman, an intellectual, steadfastly applies her make-up as a way of denying control to the war. "I will not be a victim," she says in a private moment. A Serbian soldier calmly describes murdering and raping civilians. His voice never falters and his eyes stare dully while a cigarette burns carelessly in his hand...
...witnessed the smarmy phallic triumph of Joe Camel. One Arts editor is even a victim of his rise to power, which is how R.J. Reynolds' promotional video found its way to the Arts desk. She had an incurable desire for Camel trinkets: the t-shirts, Zippos and fishing lures. In the process of cashing in her Camel Bucks she unwittingly signed herself up for a host of freebies from the National Smokers' Rights Alliance and every toxic chemical company on the planet. It's cultural studies--when art meets commerce, advertising happens--and it merits a review...
...Technicolor Pulp, Nelson's Jimi claims no high moral ground, calling himself neither martyr nor victim. He speaks from the position of nowhere, which keeps his statements pure: "I have no desire at all to be a rebel. I don't believe in anything enough to be a rebel." He may not be inspirational, but at least he's honest...